Sentences with phrase «other exam schools»

Fortunately, parents of students at Stuyvesant and the other exam schools were able to persuade two obscure state legislators from the Bronx to intervene.

Not exact matches

School spirit revelry and other amusing diversions are ever present, but we've learned from our youthful errors and we're studying hard for final exams.

The relegation in our Catholic schools of formation in faithfulness and other duties beneath «equal rights» and exam results is one of the most heart - breaking drivers of this process.

Some other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder than it was for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).

Fueling me for an organic chemistry exam tomorrow: / thank you for the tasty recipe, other vegan recipe and the motivation to do good in school to become a RD too!

Any other coach but Adolph Rupp would have been satisfied with an 18 - 7 record, but The Baron, audibly piqued because Kentucky wasn't tournament - bound for the first time in seven years, took occasion to blame his troubles on 1) the school band, which stopped tooting for the Wildcats after midyear exams left most of its members on probation; 2) student fans, who were absent in droves for the final game; 3) the lack of a more intensive recruiting program.

The winning team in every grade, in other words — with the exception of those outliers from San Benito — came from a private school, an exam school, a parochial school, or a public school populated by the children of Apple engineers.

a review of 20 years of research on fatherhood, by Charlie Lewis, Professor of Psychology at Lancaster University and published in June 2001 by Fathers Direct, NFPI and other parenting charities: · Involvement of dads with children aged 7 - 11 predicts success in exams at 16 · Where dads are involved before the age of 11, children are less likely to have a criminal record by the age of 21 · Pre-schoolers who spend more time playing with their dads are often more sociable when they enter nursery school · Nine out of ten dads attend the birth

Two other Buffalo Grove High School students also aced the exam, which is a feat less than one percent of all students nationwide can claim.

Florida high school students who can't pass the two state tests needed for graduation could find it harder to earn a diploma starting next year, as the state moves to change what other exams — and scores — can be used in their place.

Some colleges like to see that students have taken AP courses when these classes are offered at their high schools; some give extra points to student GPA's when they take AP courses; some give credit for passing scores on the AP exams, while others do not.

It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the premises of the school located in a swampy area covered with bush around 9.20 pm on Friday and made away with eight persons including three regular students and two others who were preparing for Joint Admission and Matriculation Board exams and three members of staff.

He and his wife chose to opt out their fifth grade son from taking the Common Core - aligned exams this year because they believe the tests were used for other purposes than what they were meant for, such as teacher evaluations and school funding.

The Workforce Diversity Taskforce will be tasked with evaluating the notification and posting procedures for exams and hiring to ensure they are clear to all audiences, suggesting locations for posting announcements that would encourage broader participation, and helping to more broadly promote awareness for the wide variety of employment opportunities in county and local government as well as other civil divisions such as local school, fire, and library districts.

But Spatafora also said the modules and tests can be tweaked and the exams provide the school district with data it needs to evaluate how it is doing compared to other similar school districts.

According to the media officer, Samson and other JSS 3 students of Challenge International School, Kolokolo Udu Road, Warri, had followed a teacher to Golden Tulip along PTI junction Effurun for «an after exam party».

New regulations approved by the SUNY Charter Schools Committee at its meeting Oct. 11, 2017 would remove or reduce most of these standards, including fewer hours of instruction in teaching skills, only a week of practice instruction and only one certification exam, among other lighter standards.

Success Academy breeds success: Its inner - city students outperformed every other school district in the state in the 2017 exams.

The proposed L.I. in question, among other things, states that the General Legal Council will conduct an entrance exam for the admission of students to the school, and conduct interviews for all applicants who pass the Ghana School of Law Entrance Examinschool, and conduct interviews for all applicants who pass the Ghana School of Law Entrance ExaminSchool of Law Entrance Examination.

The proposed LI in question, among other things, states that the General Legal Council will conduct an entrance exam for the admission of students to the school, and conduct interviews for all applicants who pass the Ghana School of Law Entrance Examinschool, and conduct interviews for all applicants who pass the Ghana School of Law Entrance ExaminSchool of Law Entrance Examination.

Similarly, a failed entrepreneur might explore how skills learned in starting a business could be applied in a corporate setting, take standardized exams to be considered for law school or engage in other low risk exploration activities.

Moreover, the law school graduates who were asked to report current anxiety and symptoms for the first time one week after the bar exam had elevation similar to others who had not yet taken the exam.

And the other announcement is, I actually did pass my exams at the London School of Economics, and so I do actually have a Masters degree now, which I'm thrilled about.

Sadly schools and other education establishments like Colleges and Universities are particularly vulnerable to false fire alarms — disrupting vital teaching time and interrupting crucial exams.

Some are ignored because they have little hope of passing an exam; others are placed dubiously in special education to avoid their being counted in a school's scores; still others are receiving more than their share of attention because they are on the cusp of passing the exam.

Finally, while exam - school students have considerably higher fluid cognitive skills (as would be expected of students who gain admission via test scores and grades), attending one of these locally renowned schools in the company of other bright students confers no systematic advantage.

They were first year programs or times when exams were coming up and they had other pressures on them, or professional experience itself — which could be quite confronting if they were going to a school that wasn't what you might consider «culturally safe».

Innovations students take state exams, just like students at Salt Lake City's four other district high schools.

Classical 100, the new, government ‑ backed initiative from music exam board ABRSM, Classic FM and record company Decca Classics, was introduced by ABRSM strategic director Lincoln Abbotts: the resource is built around 100 recordings of classical music pieces which teachers can draw upon in lessons, school assemblies and other school activities, alongside which there is information about the composer and stories behind the music — it is free to use and open to all schools in the UK.

Many others have pointed to the proposal's flaws: school districts that are not prepared for the electronic version may not have a paper - and - pencil option; many students will take either the math or ELA exam, but not both.

And it seems to be working: In spring 2007, Enota students scored higher in math on the Criterion - Referenced Competency Test (CRCT, Georgia's annual standardized exam) than any other school in the district.

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the proliferation of high school exit exams, the success of school choice initiatives, and a dozen other smaller if more bitter battles, education has become one of the hottest policy topics in Washington.

Schools in danger of receiving a «Low - Performing» rating were likely to mitigate their risk both through an increase in the number of math courses for students who previously failed the 8th - grade exam and other increased staffing and instructional time.

Most exam schools offer AP or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, but many also (or instead) feature other kinds of specialized offerings.

Especially at exam schools, boosting admissions for some groups comes at the expense of other groups — usually Asian Americans, who have also faced harsh discrimination over the course of American history.

It's curriculum narrowing, over-reliance on test prep, practice exams, and myriad other decisions large and small that cumulatively alter our children's experience of school — and not always for the better.

Teachers receive bonuses based on the number of their students who pass AP exams — $ 200 for each student who passes with a score of 5; $ 100 for a 4 — but schools must raise money themselves for other performance bonuses.

In this regard, BASIS students also differ from students in other advanced economies who traditionally take matriculation exams in their final year of high school.

Those precious resources were spent developing the EngageNY curriculum materials that schools and teachers in other states have eagerly downloaded in enormous numbers; rigorous exams that reflect real - world standards of proficiency in math and reading; and teacher certification standards that are now among the highest in the nation.

The settlement in the class action on behalf of such students will let them use oral presentations, spell - checkers, voice - recognition software, help from test proctors, and other state - approved accommodations on the Alaska High School Graduation Qualifying Exam.

«The technology we have developed enables schools, colleges and universities across the UK and in other parts of the world to solve the growing problem of exam paper tampering,» says Paul Jones, the company's Sales Director.

«The late release of exam specifications and other key information about the new GCSEs has created excessive and wholly avoidable burdens on already overstretched teachers and school leaders.»

The report by the nonprofit research organization urges, among other recommendations, that states align high school exit exams with entry - level college coursework, that educators at the high school and college levels collaborate more, and that high schools prepare students for the independence they will experience in college.

To sum up: 1) low - stakes tests appear to measure something meaningful that shows up in long - run outcomes; 2) we don't know nearly as much about high - stakes exams and long - run outcomes; and 3) there doesn't seem to be a strong correlation between test - score gain and other measures of quality at either the teacher or school level.

The Educational Records Bureau, a Wellesley, Mass., research and subject - matter testing group for private schools and suburban public schools, will jump into the admission market with an exam promising a better candidate profile, a timed essay, and a 72 - hour turn - around time on test scores, among other features.

The schools» effects on other kinds of outcomes and over the longer haul are simply unknown, as are their effects on youngsters whose exam scores were well above the cutoff.

They can get a diploma by taking the equivalency exam, or they can take high school courses at community colleges, or, in Florida and a few other states, they can take courses on line over the internet.

In Final Exam: A Study of the Perpetual Scrutiny of American Schools, I reviewed the tendency, especially strong since the end of World War II, for critics to think the worst about our schools, often while lionizing the educational systems of other nSchools, I reviewed the tendency, especially strong since the end of World War II, for critics to think the worst about our schools, often while lionizing the educational systems of other nschools, often while lionizing the educational systems of other nations.

Writing about Illinois» newly approved NCLB waiver, it breathlessly reported that, «Under a dramatic new approach to rating public schools, Illinois students of different backgrounds no longer will be held to the same standards — with Latinos and blacks, low - income children and other groups having lower targets than whites for passing state exams, the Tribune has found.»

And regular high schools in the vicinity tend to be jealous, accusing exam schools of «creaming» the best students, thereby jeopardizing the other schools» academic rankings (which are often based on how many pupils take AP exams) and college - entrance reputations.